Expanding food access through child care

Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Was.) introduced a measure last week that aims to expand the Child and Adult Care Food Program, which serves 4.7 million low-income children in child care centers, Head Start and afterschool programs, homeless shelters and other settings. The bill calls for an additional meal or snack to be served to children in full-day (more than eight hours) programs. Currently, child care providers can only be reimbursed for serving two meals and one snack.